Friday, October 7, 2011

Did some "Downtown Stakeholders" use Zack Matheny and Greensboro's government to wage economic war against some "unwanted" businesses?

Ed Wolverton, [Downtown Greensboro Incorportated’s] president and CEO,said the organization will continue to partner with the city and police departmentto raise the safety level at night to that of the daytime.

Mike Winstead, Guilford County Commissioner, TREBICwho has contributed to both Zack and Robbie

He who oppresses the poor to make more for himself

or who gives to the rich, will only come to poverty.

Proverbs 22:16

Dan Lynch, President of the the partly publicly funded Greensboro Partnership whose Action Greensboro gave $70,000 to promote the bond vote in 2008and gave $10,500 to promote the Quarter Cent Tax Increase in 2010,the Greensboro Economic Development Alliance,whose board members include Linda Shaw,who recieved campaign contributions from Roy Carroll and Richard Beardright before AMEX bought their Guilford County real estate,and Nancy Vaughan, who recieved campaign contributions from Downtown Greensboro Board MembersMilton Kern, (downtown hotel)Randall Kaplan, (downtown hotel) whose patner George House is on the Boardand Frank Auman, whose partner Seth Coker is on the board.

Amelia Parker, executive director of the International Civil Rights Museum

Betty Cone, who worked for former Mayor Johnson’s campaign

Robbie Perkins, 09/21/09, $100 Elizabeth W. Cone

Susan Schwartz, board member of the Children’s Museum,which received $100,000 from Greensboro’s 2010/11 budgetthat was set to cut crossing gaurds and loose leaf collectionbut then amazingly ended up spending $1 million more than last year.